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#B4CEFD

#b4cefd ≈ Light Steel Blue

  • azure
  • Lightness: very high
  • Saturation: moderate
  • Cool
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#b4cefd is a color from the azure family, with very high lightness and moderate saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 70.59% red, 80.78% green and 99.22% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 28.85% cyan, 18.58% magenta, 0% yellow and 0.78% black. Its hue angle is 218.63°, with 94.81% saturation and 84.9% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with openness, freedom and calm. Designers typically use it for technology products, finance and banking and soft pastel palettes. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 13.19:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Light Steel Blue (#b0c4de), ΔE 5.85.

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Relative luminance0.6094

Complementary

  1. #b4cefd
  2. #fde3b4

Split complementary

  1. #b4cefd
  2. #fdbeb4
  3. #f2fdb4

Analogous

  1. #b4f2fd
  2. #b4cefd
  3. #beb4fd

Triadic

  1. #b4cefd
  2. #fdb4ce
  3. #cefdb4

Tetradic

  1. #b4cefd
  2. #e3b4fd
  3. #fde3b4
  4. #cefdb4

Square

  1. #b4cefd
  2. #fdb4f2
  3. #fde3b4
  4. #b4fdbe

Monochromatic

  1. #1f6df9
  2. #699dfb
  3. #b4cefd
  4. #ebf2fe
  5. #ebf2fe

Shades

#b4cefd mixed progressively with black.

  1. #b4cefd
  2. #a2b9e4
  3. #90a5ca
  4. #7e90b1
  5. #6c7c98
  6. #5a677f
  7. #485265
  8. #363e4c
  9. #242933
  10. #121519
  11. #000000

Tints

#b4cefd mixed progressively with white.

  1. #b4cefd
  2. #bcd3fd
  3. #c3d8fd
  4. #cbddfe
  5. #d2e2fe
  6. #dae7fe
  7. #e1ebfe
  8. #e9f0fe
  9. #f0f5ff
  10. #f8faff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#b4cefd mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #b4cefd
  2. #afc6f1
  3. #aabee4
  4. #a4b7d8
  5. #9fafcb
  6. #9aa7bf
  7. #959fb2
  8. #9097a6
  9. #8a9099
  10. #85888d
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.59:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 13.19:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #cdcdcd ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #c3cde2 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #bed1ff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #b7cafc ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #a0d8de ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #bad0fe ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #b6ccfc ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #a8d4eb ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-b4cefd {
  color: #b4cefd;
}
Background
.bg-b4cefd {
  background-color: #b4cefd;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-b4cefd {
  border: 2px solid #b4cefd;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #b4cefd;
  --color-primary-rgb: 180 206 253;
  --color-primary-hsl: 219 95% 85%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-b4cefd {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #b4cefd, #beb4fd);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-b4cefd {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(180 206 253 / 0.35);
}

#b0c4de Light Steel Blue ΔE 5.85 #ccccff Periwinkle ΔE 7.86 #bcd4e6 Pale Aqua ΔE 8.89 #a2add0 Wild Blue Yonder ΔE 9.72 #b9d9eb Columbia Blue ΔE 10.28 #87cefa Light Sky Blue ΔE 10.53 #73c2fb Maya Blue ΔE 11.49 #4b3102 Inverted #cdcdcd Grayscale 

Light Steel Blue
#b4cefd  rgb(180, 206, 253)  hsl(219, 95%, 85%)  Light Steel Blue
#fde3b4  rgb(253, 227, 180)  hsl(39, 95%, 85%)  Moccasin
#fdb4ce  rgb(253, 180, 206)  hsl(339, 95%, 85%)  Nadeshiko Pink
#cefdb4  rgb(206, 253, 180)  hsl(99, 95%, 85%)  Tea Green